Fastening and sealing device for pails.



H. G. GORDLEY. FASTENING AND SEALING DEVICE FOR FAILS.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 8, 1908.

E Patented Dec; 8, 1908.

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UNITED STATES HENRY G. CORDLEY', OF." GLE'NRIDGE, N'EW JERSEY.

FASTENING AND SEALING DEVICE FOR FAILS.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Dec; 8, 1908.

Application filed. April 8, 1908. Serial No. 425,896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Gr. GoRDLEY,a citizen of the United States,residing at Glenridge, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening andSealingDevices for Pails, of which the following is. a description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to devices for fastening the covers of pails, suchfor instance, as candy pails, securely in place, and for sealing thesecuring device so that the cover cannot be removed and thepailopenedwithout destroying the seal, and, the object of my inventionis to produce a device for the purpose above stated which shall be cheapto manufacture, easy to apply to a pail, and efle-ctive for the purposefor which it is designed. I

I have illustrated my invention in. the drawing submitted herewith inwhich;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of. a pail having its cover secured inplace by one-forni of my improved fastening and sealing devices, Fig. 2is a perspective view of my deviceas shown in Fig. 1, the pail beingindicated by dotted lines, Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but inwhich various minor details of my device are shown as slightly modifiedin form, and Fig.4 is a perspective view of the form of my device shownin Fig. 3, the pail being indicated by dotted lines as in Fig. 2.

In the drawing, 1 is a pail and 2 is the cover therefor which is to besecured in place by my improved fastening and securing device. 3 is thebail of the pail, and 4 and 5 are ears attached to the pail and engagedby the bail as is the common practice in pails.

My improved fastening and sealing device is made up entirely of wire,and comprises a band portion extending about the pail near its upperend, and loop portions extending across the cover of the pail, theportion extending across the cover being sealed by a suitable lead sealor a seal of frangible material to be broken when the pail is opened.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated my device as made up of two piecesof wire. In these figures 6 is a piece of wire of a length sufficient toextend around the upper end of the pail and have ends of a lengthsuflicient for the purpose hereinafter set forth. 7 is a second wireforming a loop and secured to thewire 6. by having its. ends. twistedabout the same. The ends of the wire or loop 7' are. secured to thewire6v in positions such that when the device is in place the said ends willbe about one-third the circumference of the pail apart, and the lengththereof is such that it may extend over and across the cover of the.pail when in place.

and be somewhat slack so that the middle point thereof may be drawntoward the center of the cover when the fastening device is. applied tothe pail. This feature of construction, and the approximate length ofthey wire 7,.will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2.

The wire 7 having first been secured to the wire 6 as" above, the freeends of the wire 6 are passed through the ears 4 and 5' and broughttogether. and twisted as at 8, at a point approximately opposite themiddle'of the loop 7 thereby forming a band about the upper endofith'ejpailn The freeends 9 and 10 of the wire 6 are now brought'upover the cover of the pail, the. end. 9. passed. about the middleportion of. the loop 7, andtheextremities of the parts 9 and 10 twistedtogether as at 11, all of which will be understood from the'drawing.After the ends of the wire 6 have been twisted together a seal 12 isapplied, so that the said ends cannot be untwisted and the pail openedwithout. destroying the seal.

Although I have described the wire 6 as passing through the ears 4 and 5whereby the wire band will be prevented from slipping up toward the topof the pail. this feature is to a certain extent optional and for thepurpose of affording greater security. And it is obvious that the wiremight pass about the pail below the ears with but little if anyprejudice to the security of the fastening means; or might be applied toa bucket not having ears and a bail, in which case care should be takenthat the ends of the wire 6 are tightly twisted together at 8, in whichcase the flaring form of the bucket will ordinarily be sufficient toprevent the wire from slipping up over the top thereof.

My device in the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is made from a singlepiece of wire 13 of proper length. In this form 14 and 15 are two loopsformed by doubling and twistapart, and they should be of a lengthsuflicient to extend up over the cover of the pail and partly across thecover thereof, all as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 4 of 5 thedrawing. The loops having been formed in the wire 13 as above, the wireis passed around the upper end of the pail and the ends twisted togetheras at 18. The free end 19 of the wire 13 is now carried across the coverof the pail and passed through the loops 14 and 15, the free end 20 ofthe wire 13 is brought up over the cover of the pail, and theextremities of the parts 19 and 20 are twisted together as at 21, aswill be un- 5 derstood from the drawings. A seal 22 is applied to thetwisted ends 21 as in the form of my device shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

From the above description it will be seen that the wire loop 7 inconnection with the 20 ends 9 and 10 of the wire 6, or the wire loops 14and 15 in connection with the ends 19 and 20 of the wire 13, as the casemay be, form a wire closure extending across and serving to keep thecover 2 in place, and that the 5 seal 12 or 22 upon the twisted ends ofthe wires 6 or 13 serves to secure the whole fastening device so thatthe cover cannot be removed without destroying the seal.

Having thus described my invention and explained the mode of operationthereof, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis: 1. The combination with a pail and its cover, of a fastening andsealing device for 5 securing the cover in place comprising a wireextending about the pail adjacent the upper end thereof; a loop securedto said wire and extending up over said cover, the ends of said wirebeing twisted together at 40 a point remote from said loop and being ofa length sufficient to extend beyond the twist and to engage said loopwhen said ends are brought up over the cover, said ends after engagingsaid loop being twisted together at their extremities to thereby form inconnection with said loop a wire closure extending across the cover ofthe pail; and a seal upon the twisted extremities of said wire.

2. The combination with a pail and its securing the cover in placecomprising a wire extending about the pail ad acent the upper extendingup over said cover, the ends of said wire being twisted together at apoint remote from said loop; and a wire connection extending from saidloop to said wire and being connected therewith at a point remote fromsaid loop to thereby form in connection with said loop a wire closureextending across the cover of the pail.

3. The combination with a pail and its cover, of a fastening and sealingdevice for securing the cover in place comprising a wire extending aboutthe pail adjacent the upper end thereof; a loop secured to said wire andextending up over said cover, the ends of said wire being twistedtogether at a point remote from said loop; a wire connection extendingfrom said loop to said wire and being connected therewith at a pointremote from said loop to thereby form in connection with said loop awire closure extending across the cover of the pail; and a seal wherebythe said closure is protected.

This specification signed and witnessed this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1908.

HENRY G. CORDLEY.

In the presence of- JoHN STEINHAUSER,

GEORGE A. Born.

cover, of a fastening and sealing device for end thereof; aloop securedto said wire and.

